The Works of the English Poets: Pope's Homer. The Iliad -v.37-38 Pope's Homer. The OdysseyH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Halaman 19
... honours which were paid them , they might have this alfo in common with the Gods , not to be mentioned without the folemnity of an epithet , and fuch C 2 Hefiod . lib . i . ver . 155 , & c . 28 as might be acceptable to them by its ...
... honours which were paid them , they might have this alfo in common with the Gods , not to be mentioned without the folemnity of an epithet , and fuch C 2 Hefiod . lib . i . ver . 155 , & c . 28 as might be acceptable to them by its ...
Halaman 21
... honour of the chief Invention ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the characteristic of poetry itself ) remains unequalled by his followers , he still con- tinues fuperior to them . A cooler judgment may com- mit fewer faults , and ...
... honour of the chief Invention ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the characteristic of poetry itself ) remains unequalled by his followers , he still con- tinues fuperior to them . A cooler judgment may com- mit fewer faults , and ...
Halaman 22
... honour of those who fucceeded him . What he has done admitted no increase , it only left room for contraction or regulation . He fhewed all the stretch of fancy at once ; and if he has failed in fome of his flights , it was but because ...
... honour of those who fucceeded him . What he has done admitted no increase , it only left room for contraction or regulation . He fhewed all the stretch of fancy at once ; and if he has failed in fome of his flights , it was but because ...
Halaman 32
... honour fo many of the Great have done me , while the first names of the age appear as my fubfcribers , and the most distin- guished patrons and ornaments of learning as my chief encouragers ? Among these it is a particular pleasure to ...
... honour fo many of the Great have done me , while the first names of the age appear as my fubfcribers , and the most distin- guished patrons and ornaments of learning as my chief encouragers ? Among these it is a particular pleasure to ...
Halaman 34
... honours he received after death , when I reflect on the enjoyment of fo many agreeable obliga- tions , and easy friendships , which make the fatisfaction of life . This diftinction is the more to be acknow- ledged , as it is fhewn to ...
... honours he received after death , when I reflect on the enjoyment of fo many agreeable obliga- tions , and easy friendships , which make the fatisfaction of life . This diftinction is the more to be acknow- ledged , as it is fhewn to ...
Istilah dan frasa umum
Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands beneath bold brave breaſt chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcend Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhall fhining fhips fhore fide field fierce fight filent filver fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flew fome foul fpear ftand ftill ftrength fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector heroes himſelf hoft hoftile Homer honours hoſt Idomeneus immortal javelin Jove king lance laſt Lycian maid Menelaus mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince proud Pylian race rage rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhield ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wiſdom wound
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Halaman 197 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Halaman 21 - Homer and that of his work ; but when they come to assign the causes of the great reputation of the Iliad, they found it upon the ignorance of his times and the prejudice of...
Halaman 262 - O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver...
Halaman 10 - ... together by the extent and fecundity of his imagination ; to which all things, in their various views, presented themselves in an instant, and had their impressions taken off to perfection at a heat...
Halaman 224 - This from the right to left the herald bears, Held out in order to the Grecian peers ; Each to his rival yields the mark unknown, Till godlike Ajax finds the lot his own ; Surveys th...
Halaman 29 - I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds not from his following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned.
Halaman 33 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Halaman 239 - The heavens attentive trembled as he spoke: "Celestial states! immortal gods! give ear, Hear our decree, and reverence what ye hear; The fix'd decree which not all heaven can move; Thou, fate! fulfil it! and, ye powers, approve!
Halaman 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
Halaman 6 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?